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Jeff Clarke, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport :

Needed: A New Approach to Communication During Global Emergencies

November 17, 2009:

We’ve learned during the last few years - starting roughly with the SARS outbreak in Asia in 2003 - that fear caused by an epidemic or pandemic can create havoc in the travel and tourism industry.....
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Jeff Clarke, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport :

Technology and the Travel Experience

October 9th, 2009:

Travelport is at its core a travel technology company. It takes world-class information technology to manage 15,000 messages a second, process more than 1 billion transactions on peak days and provide critical reservations systems and operations support for ou...
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Jeff Clarke, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport :

Making a Difference One Trip at a Time

October 1st, 2009:

It’s not often that the leading players in a highly competitive industry come together behind a common cause. But sometimes the opportunity to make a difference in our world is so profound that the decision to act collectively is an easy one....
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Jeff Clarke, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport :

Business Travel = More Revenue, More Profit

September 22, 2009:

Earlier this year, business travel became the subject of political criticism in the U.S. While the focus of this criticism was travel by companies that had received emergency federal assistance, the effect was to raise questions about business travel overall -...
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Ken Esterow, President and CEO, Gullivers Travel Associates:

Preserving the Travel Experience for Future Generations

September 14, 2009:

If you’re a regular traveler, you’ve probably returned to a treasured destination only to find that it’s not the same experience you remembered. Maybe it’s more developed, more crowded or has been left to run down. Whatever the reason, it has changed.....
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Jeff Clarke, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport :

A Few Suggestions for Reading this Summer – or Any Season

August 13th, 2009:

Summer is a big time for reading lists, usually focused on lively page-turners for the beach. But it’s also a good time to catch up on books about business, management and new ways of looking at our rapidly changing world. So, with the summer winding down, I...
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Gordon Wilson, President and CEO of Travelport GDS:

Re-Inventing the GDS

July 23, 2009:

In reading articles about the distribution of travel services, it’s not uncommon to come across the phrase “traditional GDS.” In a 21st Century context, “traditional” suggests the old way of doing things – more Betamax than Blu-ray. Although I don’t think this...
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Jeff Clarke, Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport :

Summer deals entice consumers as travel industry begins to stabilize

July 8, 2009:

The global recession has taken its toll on airlines, hotels and the rest of the travel industry. Travelport market research data show air traffic bookings in June were down 12% from a year ago. But for consumers – particularly leisure travelers – the result ...
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Gordon Wilson:

Today’s Travellers Still Demand Informed Travel Choice

June 19th,2009:

It wasn’t long ago that various pundits were proclaiming the death of the dinosaur Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and declaring that the Internet would replace us all. But for all the success of travel “supplier.com” sites – and they have had some consider...
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Jeff Clarke, CEO and President:

WTTC Summit and the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards

May 21st, 2009:

I returned a few days ago from the annual World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Summit in Brazil. The WTTC plays a leadership role in raising awareness of the travel and tourism industry and its importance to the global economy. Members include the CEOs of ...
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Jeff Clarke, CEO and President:

Business Travel is an Economic Stimulus

March 11th, 2009:

In my last post, I wrote about the need for the U.S. to do more at the national level to promote travel and tourism. But some in Congress appear to be more intent on discouraging travel – business travel in particular.
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Jeff Clarke, CEO and President: :

Want Stimulus? Let’s Promote Travel

February 20th, 2009:

Economic stimulus has been the talk of Washington – and the world – for the past several weeks. But one subject has been missing from the discussion so far: the stimulative potential of travel and tourism.
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Jeff Clarke, CEO and President:

Making a Profit and a Contribution

January 15th, 2009:

One of the most interesting trends in business in the past decade or so has been the growing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Companies are no longer expected just to earn a profit. We’re also judged on what kind of contribution we make t...
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Jeff Clarke, CEO and President:

A Time for Leadership

December 19th, 2008:

Anyone who’s been in business for more than a few years has had to face the inevitable ups and downs of market and economic cycles. In my nearly 25 years in business - most of them in high tech - I’ve seen a few, including the bursting of the Internet bubble ...
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Jeff Clarke, CEO and President:

Black Cloud or Silver Lining

November 10th, 2008 :

If you travel a lot, I’m sure you’ve had many of the same experiences I’ve had lately. Smaller planes as airlines try to save on fuel. Fewer routes and less capacity. More last minute schedule changes and delays. A greater risk of getting bumped from your ...
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Simon Nowroz, Managing Director of Travelport for Asia:

Outdo your rivals during financial tsunami

July 8, 2009:

Things are not as they seem. The economy is in meltdown, consumer confidence is at an all-time low and the very foundations of our global financial system are being challenged. Pick up any quality newspaper or business magazine and you read of business after business going through gut-wrenching change....

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